Ebury Spotlight, London, 2022 I can’t even begin to tell you how much I loved this book but I’ll do my best. In Beyond the Wand , Tom Felton narrates ~30 years of his life. It is a fairly intimate memoir: he shares a lot about his family, the ups and downs of being a child actor, his mental health issues, his hard disappointments and deepest joys. He talks about his childhood before the Harry Potter films and then later about the ways they changed (and didn’t change) his life. For example, he tells funny anecdotes about a guy who wanted to adopt him and about that time he met Sir Anthony Hopkins, as well as heartwarming stories of his friendship with Emma Watson and his lovely relationship with Jason Isaacs. (In case you don’t know, Jason Isaacs is the actor who played Lucius Malfoy.) First of all, let’s make one thing clear here. I was never – and I’m still not – a Draco Malfoy kinda girl. In fact, I had a huge crush on Harry/Daniel when I was like 11, so I think it’s fair to say I